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Grade 8–9 · Data Handling
Mean, Median, Mode and Range: Complete Guide
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Answer all questions. Show all your working — marks are awarded for method as well as the final answer.
- 1The mean of 7, 11, 9, 13 and x is 11. Solve for x.(3)
- 2The mean of 14, 22, 18 and x is 20. Solve for x.(3)
- 3The mean of 8, 10, 15, 9 and x is 12. Solve for x.(3)
- 4Find the mean of 3, 5, 10, 2 (mean)(2)
- 5Find the mean of 12, 15, 18, 15 (mean)(2)
- 6Find the median of 8 ; 3 ; 9 ; 5 ; 6 (median, odd)(1)
- 7Find the median of 4 ; 10 ; 6 ; 8 (median, even)(2)
- 8Find the mode of 2, 4, 4, 4, 7, 9 (mode)(1)
- 9Find the range of 15, 22, 9, 30 (range)(1)
- 10The mean of 4, 8, x, 6 is 7. Find x. (missing value)(3)
- 11The mean of 5 numbers is 12. What is their total? (work back)(2)
- 12Data: 6, 6, 7, 8, 40. Which is more typical, mean or median? (outlier)(2)
- 13Find all four (mean, median, mode, range) for 2, 3, 3, 6 (all four)(4)
TOTAL: 29 marks